33rd BCT trains

Photos from the training up in Minnesota

Here are some pictures from the training that include Peoria-area units or people:

Photo by Sgt. Jesse Houk, 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment/Spc. Andrew T. Hohimer of Peoria, crew chief, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment in Peoria sits on the ledge of a Chinook helicopter July 12 as it is flown over the Mississippi River in Minnesota. The Chinook crew transported the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s (IBCT) distinguished visitors at Camp Ripley, Minn., during the brigade’s VIP day. The 33rd IBCT is participating in the three-week exercise preparing them for future mobilization opportunities.

And there is this:

Spc. Michael J. Brown of Palatine warns Spc. Allen R. Simmerman of Chillicothe of suspicious looking vehicles during a patrol July 16 at Camp Ripley, Minn. Both Soldiers are engineers in Company A, 33rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion and, for the mission, attached to Company A, 1st battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment participating in the Army National Guard’s eXportable Combat Training Capability program.

And this:

Staff Sgt. Albert P. Parr of Palos Park, of Company A, 33rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion and Sgt. 1st Class Wayne W. Erickson of Bartonville Company A, 1st battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, regroup after being cover with an organic powder when a simulated improvised explosive device detonated July 16 at Camp Ripley, Minn. The two are participating in the Army National Guard’s eXportable Combat Training Capability program. — at Camp Ripley.

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